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J. R. GILL'ILAND.

COMBINED OULTIVATOR AND CORN PLANIBR.

Patented June 1, 1886.

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NITED STATES PATENT F icE.

JOHN BOSS GILLILAXD, OF GADSDEN, ALABAMA, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF TO M. E. GILLILAND, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED CULTIVATOR AND GORN-PLANTER.

.ZSPECIPICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,791, dated June 1, 1886.

Application filed February 5, ISFG. Serial No. 190.927. (N model.)

T0 at whom it; may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN Ross GILLILAND, a citizen of the United States,'residing at Gadsden, in the county of Etowah and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful lmprovement in Combined Cultivators and Corn- Planters, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in combined cultivators and corn-planters; and the novelty consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts, substantially as hereinafter described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan view of acombiued cultivator and corn-planter embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation thereof, showing theim- 2o plement as it appears when in position for use in its dual capacity. Fig. 3 represents an elevation showing the forward plow-beam removed from the rear plow-beam and the handies secured to said rear plow-beams for use as a plow. Fig. 4 represents a detached detail View of the seed-dropping wheel, its hopper, and means for securing it in position. Fig. 5 represents a sectional view taken through 'the bearings of the seed-dropping wheel and the lower end of the hopper. Fig. 6 represents a detached detail view of the adjustable clevis.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar letters of reference denote similar parts, A

3 5 designates the forward plow-beam, preferably made of metal, having its forward end fashioned into a clevis, a, for the purpose of secun ing a draft-chain. The rear end of the beam A is curved or bent downward and forward 40 and is provided with a plow-blade, a, of the usual well-known construction-i. 0., triangular in shape, and having the apex of its angle down.

Y B B designate the rear or cultivator beams,

which are at their forward ends connected by a bolt, 1), to the plow-beam A at a point near the rear end thereof. Each of the beams B B is at its forward end curved laterally to give perfect freedom of action to the hopper and dropping-wheelof the corn-planter, as Will be hereinafter described. The rear end of each of the beams B B is curved downward and forward in manner similar to that of the beam A, and for a similar purpose, and are at their lower ends each provided with a blade, 12 b which may be, as occasion demands, either an ordinary plow-blade, similar to the blade a,

or furrow forming blades, as shown in the drawings. I preferably make one of the beams,

B, of greater length than its companion beam, B, whereby the blades 1) b are arranged diagonally as regards each other and the plane of the beams B B.

I) designates a bolt or bar that extends transversely across the machine from oneto the 6 other of the beams B B, and passes through suitable apertures formed therein for its reception. Each end of the bar I) is screwthreaded and carries nuts (2 b that bear against the inner and outer faces, respectively, of the beams B B, for the purpose of adjusting said beams nearer to or farther from each other and holding them in fixed-position when so adjusted.

(J O designate handles pivoted by a bolt, 0,

- at their lower ends and opposite each other to the beam A. The handles 0 G extend upwardly and outwardly in inclined directions, and are connected together at c by a rod or bar, 0 The upper end ofeach of the handles 3 is provided with the usual curved gripping portion, 0".

(Z d designate braces, that extend from the handles 0 0, near the lower ends thereof, to and are secured by a bolt, d with the rear end of the plow-beam A. e e designate similar braces, that extend from points intermediate of the ends of the handles to points 6*" upon the plow-beams B B, whereby, inasmuch as the handles are by the braces d cl and their end 0 connection held at an angle to the beam A, the beams B B are held in alignment, as regards the horizontal plane, with said beam A. The upper ends of the braces e e are removable from the handles, to permit the beams B B to be raised or lowered, as required, and said braces are provided with a series of apertures, whereby to adjust the beams up or down. \Vhen it is found desirable to limit the downward movement of the beams B B as relOO gards the handles 0 0, while the up ward movement of said beams is to remain unchecked,

I use a chain, E, the lower end of which is connected to the bar b, while its opposite upper end, as well as any of the links'composing said chain, engages a stud, e, projecting from the bar 0, and having a hooked upper end to engage and hold said chain. l

F F designate downwardly and laterally curved arms, that project rearwardly from a pivotal point. f, upon the beam A, and are provided at their lower ends with apertures to receive journalsf' of the planter-wheel G.

g designates a boss formed at one side of the wheel G, at the middle thereof, and having its periphery concentric with the periphery of said wheel G, as shown.

g g designate recesses or pockets formed in the surface or periphery of the boss 9, upon opposite sides of the boss for a purpose hereinafter described.

H designates the seed-hopper, the upper end, h, of which is held in a loop or strap, h, projecting from a bar,h, that extends from one to the other of the handles 0 0 upon the upper surfaces thereof. The hopper H is free to move vertically within the loop h, and extends thence downward to and rests upon the boss g at its lower end, h". p

h designates a small flange, that is placed at one side within the lower end of the hopper, to form a guide that directs the grain from the hopper H to the pockets 9 in the boss g and ground.

h designates a strap that surrounds the boss 9, and is seen red at its ends to the edges of the hopper, at the lower end thereof. The strap h is provided at its lower side with a slot. or opening, h, through which seed passes from the boss 9 to the ground.

The arms F F are free to move up or down at their outer ends, such movementcaused by the wheel G passing over obstaclesas stones, clods of earth, &c.in its track.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings 1 have shown the device as vit appears when ready for use as a combined corn or seed planter and cultivator, the respective plow-blades a b b as a furrowopener for the seed, and furrow-coverer to cover the same when dropped. The seed'hopper, its operating-wheel, and the arms F F may be removed from the device. When so arranged, the device forms a cultivator, and as such the plow or coverer blades b bare replaced by blades similar in all respects to the blade a. In Fig. 3 I show the forward plow-beam, its attachments, and the seed-dropping device removed from the machine for the purpose of transforming said machine into a plow or twoblade cultivator. When so used, the handles 0 O are secured at their forward ends to the beams B B, while the lower ends of thebraces d d are secured to said beams at points i by bolts 0', that pass through apertures formed at said points through the beams. The forward ends of the beams B B are secured t gether and, to a removable clevis, K, by a bolt, k, as shown.

I claim- In a combined seed-planter and cultivator, the combination of a vertically-moving hopper, H, seeddropping wheel G, having boss g, provided with pockets 9', strap h", having slot h, with pivoted arms F F, plow-beams A B B, handles 0 0', chain E, braces d d and e e, and beam-adjusting screw-threaded bolt b, having nuts b b, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in Witnesses:

DAVID M. GILBREUTH, Jo. S. DAY. 

